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AFRICA must fight against a slide towards strongman authoritarianism that has resulted in a series of military coups and a…

KENYA’S opposition leader Raila Odinga has called on his supporters to resist the government of President William Ruto, saying its…

BURKINA Faso has decided to end a military accord that allowed French troops to fight insurgents in the country because…

THE African Union has taken a further step to revive its much-troubled policy of silencing Africa’s guns, which should have…

SOUTH Africa’s foreign minister on Monday deflected criticism of joint military drills planned with Russia and China, saying that hosting…

THE US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, is the second Cabinet member heading to Africa as part of…

BURKINA Faso’s military regime told France it wants its troops stationed in the country to leave within a month, the…

HUNDREDS demonstrated against France in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Friday, the latest expression of growing anti-French sentiment in the…

TWO French journalists have gone on trial in France on charges of trying to blackmail the king of Morocco – allegedly…

NAMIBIA’S central bank, the Bank of Namibia, said Thursday that it will conduct checks on politically connected people’s wealth and…

FRANCE’S former president François Hollande has questioned the role of the Russian paramilitary outfit Wagner in the fight against jihadists in…

THE head of Nigeria’s electoral commission said it will not postpone next month’s presidential vote despite worries over widespread insecurity…

MALAWI’S president fired the director of public prosecution, Steven Kayuni, for allegedly abusing his office to avenge what he saw…

SENEGALESE opposition leader Ousmane Sonko will face trial on charges of rape and making death threats to a beauty salon…

SOUTH Africa plans to conduct joint military exercises with the Chinese and Russian navies off its east coast next month,…

GAMBIA’S Vice-President Badara Alieu Joof has died of illness in India, President Adama Barrow said on Wednesday. Joof, 65, was…

THE American Ethiopian Public Affairs Committee (AEPAC) has launched a new platform to engage the one million strong diaspora community…

SUSPECTED jihadists kidnapped about 50 women searching for food in Burkina Faso’s northern province of Soum, a hotbed of jihadist…

ENOUGH was enough. For 13 years, extremists with al-Qaida’s East Africa affiliate had controlled Mohamud Adow’s village in central Somalia,…

CHINESE Foreign Minister Qin Gang has said Africa should have a greater voice in the UN Security Council and other…